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33-700: The UPHS is home to the first hospital in the United States, the Pennsylvania Hospital . The Chester County Hospital and Health System joined UPHS in 2013. Two years later, Lancaster General Health (LG Health) joined the UPHS family. Princeton Health officially merged into UPHS in January 2018. Phoenixville Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania , was previously part of the UPHS network but

66-585: A 75-year break at the hospital. The specialties were reinstated in 1929 with the opening of the Woman's Building (now the Spruce Building) which sported 150 adult beds, 80 bassinets, 2 operating rooms, a series of labor and delivery rooms, and outpatient clinics. It was considered "one of the most modern hospital buildings in the country" especially at a time when women's medicine was not thought to be very important and most births were still done at home. This

99-838: A center for treating the war wounded. Patients were brought to the hospital for treatment in the Revolutionary War , the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War , and units from the hospital were sent abroad to treat wounded in World War I and in World War II (to the Pacific theater). The seal of the hospital, chosen by Franklin and Bond, incorporates the story of the Good Samaritan ;

132-700: A member of the New York County Medical Society . In 1877, Lukens was appointed assistant physician in the Nursery and Child's Hospital of Staten Island , assuming responsibility of the pharmaceutical department. She became appointed resident physician of the hospital in 1880. Two papers which Lukens read before the Staten Island Clinical Society were published in the New York Journal, copied in

165-549: A time when mental illness was very poorly understood and patients were often treated very badly. Care of the mentally ill was removed to West Philadelphia in 1841 with the construction of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, later known as The Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital . Under superintendent Thomas Story Kirkbride , the hospital developed a treatment philosophy that became the standard for care of

198-819: A woman in the profession which she has chosen." Aside from articles that Lukens wrote for the New York Medical Journal , she wrote the book The History of Nursery and Child's Hospital, New York , which was published in 1893. Lukens had a farm in Pennsylvania, an apartment in New York, and a winter home called "Sequoia Lodge by the Sea" in Pacific Grove, California , which was built in 1906 by Emily Williams . She shared her homes with her companion, Mary Conrad. Lukens died on June 16, 1917, and

231-542: Is 28th in the country of 620 programs. According to the Doximity residency Obstetrics & Gynecology rankings, in the category "Reputation" Pennsylvania Hospital is 48th in the country of 298 programs. In 1762, the first book for the hospital's medical library was donated by John Fothergill , a British friend of Franklin's. In 1847, the American Medical Association designated the library as

264-544: Is likely the reference to Isaac Stretch is to Isaac Stretch (1714–1770), son of Daniel Stretch (1694–1746), another son of Peter and Margery Stretch. The Stretch family were Quakers. Joseph Stretch, mentioned above, was at this time "His Majesty's Collector of Excise for the City and County of Philadelphia", as may be seen from a notice in the Pennsylvania Gazette of October 28, 1756; and subsequently, in 1768, he

297-564: The Pennsylvania Gazette of May 29, 1755, Thomas Stretch appears as one of the largest subscribers with Benjamin Franklin and others to the fund for the Pennsylvania Hospital. The Stretch family and Benjamin Franklin each provided half of the original capital to fund the hospital. The list of subscribers reads: Thomas Stretch and Joseph Stretch were sons of Peter Stretch (1670–1746) and Margery Hall Stretch (1668–1746). It

330-542: The Delaware Valley were begun to complement the hospital's existing fertility services. In 1995, the hospital was the first in the region to achieve 1,000 live births from in-vitro fertilization , GIFT , and other assisted reproductive technologies. Anna Lukens Anna Lukens (October 29, 1844 – June 27, 1917) was an American physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who practiced medicine, had leadership roles in hospitals and taught medicine. She

363-622: The London Lancet and received favorable notice by the British Medical Journal . In 1884, she went abroad to study children's diseases in the principal hospitals of Europe. She later opened an office for private practice in the city of New York and was then elected consulting physician of the Nursery and Child's Hospital of Staten Island, and a fellow of the New York State Medical Society. She

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396-662: The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy , but discouraged by the reception there, she studied analytical chemistry in the laboratory of Dr. Walls at the College of Pharmacy in New York City . Lukens became an attending physician of the Western Dispensary for Women and Children in 1873, and in some instances paid the rent for this dispensary using her personal money. The same year, she was elected

429-492: The Philadelphia metropolitan area. It also achieved a high-performing status across six subspecialties. Obstetrics & Gynecology was ranked 45th in the nation among 4,855 hospitals. The 2018 Becker's Hospital Review listed the internal medicine residency program at Pennsylvania Hospital 19th in the country. According to the Doximity residency internal medicine rankings, in the category "Reputation" Pennsylvania Hospital

462-722: The Physic Garden in 1774 to provide physicians with ingredients for medicines. The idea was approved, but financial circumstances intervened and the project was delayed for two centuries. In 1976, the planting of the garden was the bicentennial project of the Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America and the Friends of Pennsylvania Hospital. Located in front of the Pine Building's West Wing,

495-578: The first female member of one of the medical societies in the states when she became an elected member of the Montgomery County Medical Society. The following year, she began to teach at the college as an instructor in the chair of physiology . In 1872, Lukens taught pharmacy in the college by lectures and practical demonstrations in the dispensary of the Women's Hospital. She was the first woman to apply for admission to

528-416: The first plot of ground for the new hospital. The first building at the hospital was opened on February 6, 1752, on High Street (now Market Street). Elizabeth Gardner, a Quaker widow, was appointed Matron of the hospital. As the hospital received support of the leading families in Philadelphia, its permanence was secured, and Samuel Rhoads was appointed architect of the new building. Thomas Stretch

561-554: The first, largest, and most important medical library in the United States . That year, in 1847, the library contained about 9,000 volumes. The collection now contains over 13,000 volumes dating back to the 15th century—including medical and scientific volumes as well as books on natural history. The library includes the nation's most complete collection of medical books published between 1750 and 1850. The collection also contains several incunabula, books written before 1501, when

594-526: The following day. The site continued to grow through the years with the addition of more wings; the West Wing of the building was built in 1796, and buildings, extra land, and further expansion have since been added. While attending clinics in the Pennsylvania Hospital in November 1869, the first time women students attended the hospital, Anna Lukens and a Miss Brumall led a line of women students out of

627-458: The formerly stand-alone hospital with its network of resources. In 2001, Pennsylvania Hospital celebrated its 250th anniversary. The Center for Transfusion-Free Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital has evolved into a major national bloodless center that treats more than 1300 inpatients per year. According to US News & World Report Pennsylvania Hospital is ranked 7th among hospitals in the state of Pennsylvania and 3rd among 12 hospitals ranked in

660-407: The garden has plants that were once used for medicines to stimulate the heart, ease toothaches, relieve indigestion, and cleanse wounds in the 18th century. Pennsylvania Hospital is noted for its many firsts in the area of women's medicine, especially in maternity. In 1803, the hospital established a "lying-in" (or maternity) department. This lasted until 1854 when obstetrics and gynecology took

693-488: The hospital grounds amid hisses, jeers, insults, and thrown stones and mud from male students. Pennsylvania Hospital gained a reputation as a center of innovation and medical advancement, particularly in the area of maternity. It was a teaching hospital from its very beginning, when Bond would lead rounds through what is now the east wing of the main building. In its early years it was also known for its particularly advanced and humane facilities for mentally ill patients at

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726-440: The mentally ill in the 19th century. In 1950, Pennsylvania Hospital was recognized for becoming more highly specialized as it established, in addition to its sophisticated maternity programs, an intensive care unit for neurological patients, a coronary care unit, an orthopaedic institute, a diabetes center, a hospice , specialized units in oncology and urology and broadened surgical programs. The hospital has served as

759-466: The phrase "Take Care of Him and I will repay Thee" is used on it. In 1996, Patricia A. Ford established the bloodless medicine program at Pennsylvania Hospital and performed the first successful bloodless stem-cell transplant. In 1997, Pennsylvania Hospital's Board of Managers made the decision to merge with the University of Pennsylvania Health System . The large health system helps to support

792-476: The printed process was invented. The top floor of Pennsylvania Hospital is the home of the nation's oldest surgical amphitheater, which served as the operating room from 1804 through 1868. Surgeries were performed on sunny days between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm since there was no electricity at the time. The surgical amphitheater seats 180 and with those standing, up to 300 people might be present during any given surgical operation. The Board of Managers first proposed

825-479: The school on March 13, 1870. While attending clinics in the Pennsylvania Hospital in November 1869, the first time women students attended the hospital, she and Anna Broomall led a line of women students out of the hospital grounds amid hisses, jeers, insults, and thrown stones and mud from male students. In 1870, Lukens entered the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia as an intern. In May of that year, she became

858-532: Was "His Majesty’s Collector of Customs, etc., for the Port of Philadelphia". Robert Harding was pastor of St. Joseph's Church. In 1755, the cornerstone was laid for the East Wing of what would become the hospital's permanent location at 8th and Pine Streets. All of the patients were transferred from the temporary hospital to the permanent hospital on December 17, 1756. The first admission of a new patient occurred on

891-642: Was a vice-president of the New York Committee for the Prevention and State Regulation of Vice. Lukens was born in Philadelphia on October 29, 1844. Between 1855 and 1870, her family were residents of Plymouth, Pennsylvania , and belonged to the Society of Friends . She was educated in Philadelphia at the Friends' Seminary. Lukens studied at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania under Dr. Hiram Corson beginning in 1867 and graduated from

924-611: Was among the leading citizens of Philadelphia and one of the founders of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was a member of the Union Fire Company , also known as Benjamin Franklin's Bucket Brigade and a founder of the social club known as Schuylkill Fishing Company , and the club's first governor in 1732, re-elected annually until his death in 1765. Stretch was a director of the Philadelphia Contributionship (Hand-in-Hand fire mark) from 1758 to 1761. In

957-601: Was appointed in 1876, one of the vice-presidents of the New York Committee for the Prevention and State Regulation of Vice. Lukens was a member of the Sorosis Club and was considered a woman of marked executive ability for hospital administration . In The Part Taken by Women in American History (1912), it was said that "Her work is of a high standard and she occupied a conspicuous position for

990-407: Was followed in 1978 with the first Antenatal Testing Unit (ATU) in the region and in 1985 when the first GIFT ( Gamete IntraFallopian Transfer ) pregnancy in Philadelphia was achieved at the hospital. In 1987, Pennsylvania Hospital achieved two obstetrical firsts: the first birthing suite in a tertiary care hospital in the state was opened, and the first gestational carrier and egg donor programs in

1023-407: Was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond , and was the second established public hospital (first was Bellevue) but had the first surgical amphitheatre in the United States. and its first medical library. It is part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System . The hospital's main building, dating to 1756, is a National Historic Landmark . Pennsylvania Hospital

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1056-561: Was originally conceived in 1751 by Thomas Bond as an institution "for the reception and cure of the sick poor...free of charge. It was funded by "matching grant" to donations of the people of Philadelphia by a bill, which the House passed unanimously on February 7, 1750. Franklin later wrote that, "I do not remember any of my political Manoeuvres, the Success of which gave me at the time more Pleasure." On September 2, 1751, Mathias Koplin donated

1089-541: Was sold to Community Health Systems in 2004. Phoenixville Hospital was sold again by CHS to Tower Health in 2017. In 2020, University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian was ranked as the 15th best hospital in the United States by the U.S. News & World Report . Pennsylvania Hospital Pennsylvania Hospital is a private , non-profit , 515-bed teaching hospital located at 800 Spruce Street in Center City Philadelphia , The hospital

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